Medical Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Offer scientific and medical guidance alongside actionable recommendations.

• Integrate clinical, medical, and scientific relevance into the strategic and tactical approaches for clients' brands.

• Cultivate a comprehensive understanding of clients' products, including mechanisms, clinical data, competitive advantages, treated conditions, disease mechanisms, epidemiology, care standards, and prescriber information.

• Extract actionable insights in collaboration with senior Medical staff.

• Work together with senior Medical staff, client services, strategic services, and creative teams.

• Educate junior agency staff on product mechanisms.

• Engage with clients and conduct interviews with external professionals.

• Maintain an expert-level understanding of clients' and competitors' approved Prescribing Information.

• Keep abreast of disease categories through current publications and labeling updates.

• Identify actionable scientific and clinical insights to inform medical strategy.

• Assist in the development of market research plans and insight-gathering initiatives.

• Brief creative teams and supervise creative outputs to ensure alignment with medical/clinical insights and strategies.

• Provide medical and scientific direction for projects, including relevant datasets and recommendations for copy and visual data.

• Evaluate content for medical and scientific accuracy.

• Deliver ongoing training and educational support for internal staff.

• Assist senior Medical staff in pursuing new business opportunities.

• Contribute to the agency's thought leadership initiatives.

• Report to the Senior Vice President of Medical Strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced degree in life sciences is preferred: PhD or MD; a PharmD may also be considered.

• At least 4 years of experience within a healthcare communications agency, medical education, medical communications firm, or pharmaceutical manufacturer.

• Proficient in translating scientific or clinical data into effective presentation formats.

• Experience in presenting scientific or clinical findings to diverse audiences in live settings.

• Proven experience interacting with leading researchers and professionals in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields.

• Authorship in peer-reviewed publications or presenting abstracts at significant scientific or medical conferences is preferred.

• Exceptional written, verbal communication, and presentation skills.

• Strong understanding of biochemical mechanisms, clinical research, and statistical analysis.

• Familiarity with pharmaceutical marketing practices and promotional compliance.

• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages.

• Company-sponsored medical benefits.

• Company-sponsored dental benefits.

• 401(k) plan.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Flexible time off policy.

• Flexible employee benefits.

• Personal support services.

• Customized learning and development opportunities.

• Flexible work environment.